Yongzheng period, 1723-1735
H. 5.5 x Diam. 11.8 cm (2 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseCoin silver
19th centuryAmericanCloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
19th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
GreekCeladon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th centuryKoreanHard-paste porcelain with underglaze and polychrome enamel decoration.
20th centuryGermanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseMetal
16th centuryItalianDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the interior and gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground on the exterior, the exterior decoration added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritish